A Change of View (Northern Lights Collection, #2)

by Freya Barker

[Eve1972]

Great cover on this one! Excellent representation of the hero. Good composition and eye-catching titile work.

I enjoyed this one but didn't love it as much as I did the two previous books in this series. The writing was still fantastic and the plot interesting. I liked both main characters. I wasn't sure about Leelo at the start as she came across a bit like a bitch. That said, I warmed up to her quickly. Roar I loved from page one right up until the very end. I especially love that this author writes older characters. The heroine was 46 and the hero 45.

There was an excellent array of secondary characters as well. I loved Charlie and especially Leelo's son Matt. There was some OW drama that I found a bit pointless, to be honest. Especially since it actually doesn't cause any issues and suddenly at 70%, the OW goes from being a jealous bitch to the heroines BFF (slight exaggeration) overnight. It didn't bother me overly much or factor into my rating, but "I" personally would have preferred that the author just made Patti a close friend who maybe was hoping for more and not the heroes former f@ck buddy. The mystery aspect was OK as well.



What brought my rating down was this book felt SO long. I am used to this author writing low drama and slow moving books, but they still manage to keep me interested. Unfortunately, that was not the case with this one, and I found myself continuously glancing down to see how far along I was. Never a good sign. I am a fast reader, and after three solid hours of reading, I was STILL only at 50%. I felt like this could have been wrapped up in a satisfying ending about 50-70 pages earlier than it was. So yeah, I enjoyed it enough that I will continue to read the next books in this series (assuming there are going to be more) but it didn't quite live up to its predecessor. Still, yours truly here gives it a thumb up.